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A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic
Project Name:
Fish and Mussel Propagation in the Upper Tennessee River Basin of Virginia
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:
Partnership has developed freshwater fish and mussel propagation technologies to produce fish and juvenile mussels to be used for research and to augment declining populations.
Contact:
Shane Hanlon
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
276-623-1233 x 25
shane_hanlon@fws.gov
Southeastern
Project Name:
Winyah Bay Focus Area
Location:
Southeastern: Kentucky
Summary:
Broad-based coalition is conserving South Carolina’s coastal Winyah Bay watershed by land acquisitions, conservation easements, and wetland restoration.
Contact:
Roger Banks
Chairman
Winyah Bay Focus Area Task Force
843-768-4748
rbanks1962@bellsouth.net
Project Name:
EnergyXchange Renewable Energy Center
Location:
Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary:
Today, decomposing garbage in the landfill fuels pottery kilns, glass furnaces, and greenhouse at the EnergyXchange Renewable Energy Center.
Website:
www.energyxchange.org
Contact:
Stan Steury
RC&D Coordinator
Blue Ridge RC&D
(828) 297-5805
Stan.Steury@nc.usda.gov
Midwest/Northern High Plains
Project Name:
Sun River Watershed
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:
A watershed project established in 1996, that benefits all water users in the Sun River Basin
Website:
nris.state.mt.us/wis/sunriver/sunhome.htm
Contact:
Alan Rollo
Coordinator
Sun River Watershed
406-727-4437
arollo@mcn.net
Project Name:
Flathead Forestry Project
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:
The project promotes community trust and collaborative processes, ensures forest and ecosystem health, and provides for a sustainable resource-based economy within the region.
Website:
www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/flatheadforest.html
Contact:
Carol Daly
Flathead Forestry Project
(406) 892-8155
cdaly1@centurytel.net
Project Name:
International Lake Level Management: Minnesota-Ontario Lakes region
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota
Summary:
An international research program documents ecological changes associated with the new hydrologic regime in Namakan Reservoir, Voyageurs National Park.
Contact:
Larry Kallemeyn
Research Scientist
U.S. Geological Survey
218-283-9821
larry_kallemeyn@usgs.gov
Project Name:
Partners of the USDA Forest Service Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:
The Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center was built through partnerships and works with a diversity of tribes, partner groups and volunteers to deliver world class education and interpretive programs.
Website:
www.fs.fed.us/r1/lewisclark/lcic/
Contact:
Jane Weber
Center Director
Lewis & Clark National Forest, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center
(406) 727-8733
jweber@fs.fed.us
Project Name:
Red River of the North
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: North Dakota, Minnesota
Summary:
Partners have achieved exceptional results in protecting land and water, building local stewardship and creating partnerships that have leveraged major funding.
Website:
www.rrbdin.org
Contact:
Charles Fritz
Director
International Water Institute
701-231-9747
charles.fitz@ndsu.nodak.edu
Project Name:
Swan Ecosystem Center
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:
Swan Valley, Montana residents are working on a comprehensive strategy to maintain a timber economy, ecological integrity and a rural way of life as timberlands are sold for residential development.
Website:
swanecosystemcenter.com
Contact:
Anne Dahl
President/Secretary
Swan Ecosystem Center
406-754-3137
swanec@blackfoot.net
South-Central/South-West
Project Name:
Rio Grande Basin Initiative
Location:
South-Central/South-West: New Mexico, Texas
Summary:
The Rio Grande Basin is a highly productive agricultural area, with irrigated agriculture claiming more than 85 percent of its water.
Website:
riogrande.tamu.edu
Contact:
Dr. B.L. Harris
Project Director, Associate Director
Texas Water Resources Institute
979-845-1851
bl-harris@tamu.edu
Project Name:
Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Study
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
Summary:
The Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Study uses partnerships, science, and geospatial/visualization technologies to address land loss.
Website:
www.lca.gov/index.aspx
Contact:
R. King Milling
Chairman
Governor’s Advisory Commission on Coastal Restoration and Conservation
504-586-7176
rmilling@whitneybank.com
Project Name:
New Mexico Collaborative Forest Restoration Program (CFRP)
Location:
South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary:
$18 million awarded for collaborative forest restoration, hazardous fuel reduction, or small diameter utilization treatment on 15,000 acres of forest land.
Contact:
Walter Dunn
Program Coordinator
USDA Forest Service
505-842-3425
wdunn@fs.fed.us
Project Name:
Rigs-to-Reefs Policy
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Louisiana, Texas, Southeastern: Alabama, Mississippi
Summary:
Rigs-to-Reef Policy encourages offshore oil companies to donate decommissioned rigs for reef-building by reef-associated organisms.
Contact:
Thomas Readinger
Minerals Management Services
202-208-3530
thomas.readinger@mms.gov
Far West
Project Name:
Hawaii Coral Reef and Native Algae Restoration
Location:
Far West: Hawaii
Summary:
Volunteers, local communities, NGOs, businesses, and government agencies work together to remove invasive alien algae and to begin to restore Hawaii's coral reefs.
Website:
www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/hawaii
Contact:
Eric Co
Marine Conservation Program Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii
808-537-4508
eco@tnc.org
Project Name:
Northern Nevada Stewardship Group
Location:
Far West: Nevada
Summary:
Sagebrush ecosystem restoration and sustainable mining.
Contact:
Helen Hankins
BLM Field Manager
Bureau of Land Management
775-753-0200
Helen_Hankins@nv.blm.gov
Project Name:
Ocean Shores Waterways
Location:
Far West: Washington
Summary:
This project addresses waterways-related ecological and economic issues to ensure and promote sustainable practices in this growing coastal community.
Website:
forthcoming
Contact:
Lynn Wilson
Partnership Director
Ocean Shores Waterways
360-961-3363
lwilson@nasw.org
Project Name:
Puget Sound Georgia Basin Ecosystem Management Collaboration
Location:
Far West: Washington
Summary:
International partnership developing solutions, sharing science and implementing protective actions for one of the most ecologically diverse ecosystems in North America.
Website:
www.psat.wa.gov
Contact:
John Dohrmann
Washington/Co-Chair
Puget Sound Georgia Basin Internationl Task Force
360-725-5440
jdohrmann@psat.wa.gov
Project Name:
Recovery of the White Sea Bass along the California Coast
Location:
Far West: California
Summary:
The purpose of the OREHP is to investigate the potential for proactively counteracting the depletion of California's coastal marine fisheries through stock enhancement.
Website:
www.lcjbsa.org/whiteseabass/sub/sb4.html
Contact:
Bill Shedd
President
AFTCO
800-452-3726
bill@aftco.com
National
Project Name:
Grass Roots Source Water Protection Program
Location:
National
Summary:
Grassroots outreach and education program encourages voluntary conservation by landowners, farmers and ranchers to prevent drinking water pollution.
Website:
www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/publications/facts/html/sourcewater04.htm and www.nrwa.org
Contact:
Brendan Murphy
National Rural Water Association
580- 251-9080
nrwajb@nrwa.org
Project Name:
CF Industries National Watershed Award
Location:
National
Summary:
The CF Industries National Watershed Award recognizes outstanding community watershed protection efforts. The award focuses on innovative, non-regulatory approaches to improving water quality.
Website:
cfindustries.com/commrelations/watershed/watershed.htm
Contact:
Jesus I Peralta
Public Affairs Office
CF Industries
202.371.9279
jperalta@cfindustries.com
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